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Buddy Pearson & Melanie Bussell, Kassie Hunley

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Buddy Pearson sits down with Melanie Bussell and Kassie Hunley from the Putnam County School System! Melanie is the learning loss and RTI supervisor, and Kassie is the new behavior specialist both for Putnam County. They discuss behavior in children and how they both intervene with students daily.

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